The event is the only touch rugby tournament to take place in the City of London. This year will be the third consecutive year that the event has been held with JPMorgan winning the last two years.

The 15 participating teams for the main tournament will compete for the City Scrum Cup and Plate. The teams in the competition include Norton Rose LLP, Citigroup, Coutts & Co, Credit Suisse, UBS, Citigroup, HSBC, KPMG, Ernst & Young and JP Morgan.

In addition to the main tournament, there will be a mini 40+ tournament where five teams will battle it out for the City Scrum Vase. These teams include Ark Underwriting, Citigroup, Norton Rose LLP, Thomson Reuters and UBS. 

The action kicks off at 11.00 with the 40+ tournament, 13.00 for the main tournament, culminating in the final at 18.00, where two teams will battle it out to be the winners of the 2010 City Scrum Cup.

To attend spectators must RSVP by Monday 15 March 2010 to CityScrum@nortonrose.com. Go to Norton Rose’s website www.nortonrose.com for more information.

A team member from Harlequins squad will be coaching each of the teams.

Teams are as follows:

Citigroup - Ollie Kohn
Coutts & Co - Mike Brown
Credit Suisse - David Strettle
DTZ - Gonzalo Tiesi
Ernst & Young LLP - Tani Fuga
HSBC - Ugo Monye
ING Real Estate - Tom Guest
JPMorgan - Ceri Jones
KPMG - Chris Robshaw
Morgan Stanley - Nick Evans
Norton Rose LLP - Danny Care
Stratton Metals - Aston Croall
Thomson Reuters - James Percival
UBS - Jordan Turner-Hall
Whittington Insurance - George Robson

For further information please contact:

Sarah Butler
0208 410 6045 / 07872 099514 sarahb@quins.co.uk